Mickie has mutations of the MTHFR Gene, which causes a buildup of homo-cysteine in the blood and that can cause seizures.
He has the MTHFR mutations (rs1695). People with this mutations have an increased inflammatory response when vitamin E (alpha-tecophenol) is introduced to the body.
If given a choice Mickie would choose to stay in his head alone in his room. Anytime that their is a change to get him to engage with the world around him no matter how simple we take it.
Love to see him interacting with his little niece Linsey!
Last week Mickie had a meltdown over pizza. Apparently one of the classroom aids offered him pizza, not knowing he is not allowed to have pizza due to Casein and Gluten intolerance, then immediately after she learns that he can't have any and reminds him that he already ate, but by then he was so upset that it escalated into a big meltdown and he ended up banging his head on the floor two times.
I knew that Keppra, the medication he was prescribed to manage his seizures would make him irritable and he had been really grumpy in the last few weeks, but I was very surprised he had banged his head, since this had not happened in a few years. Self injury is the reason he was prescribed Risperdal.
